Ice retainer



J. MILLER ICE RETM'NER Filed Sept. 1l, 1922 Patented ct. 21, v1924.

yUNITED STATES FFC..

ArtNr ICE RETAINER.

Application filed September 11, 1925?.. Serial No. 587,544,

To @ZZ I'lv/icm t may concern:

Be it. known that I, JANNn'rTE MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eau Claire, in the county of Eau. Claire and State o-f lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice Retainers, of which the following is a specification. i

The present invention relates to an ice retainer for pitchers or other vessels used as containers for water or other liquids in which a large piece of ice or large pieces of ice or cracked ices are put in the liquid for the purpose of cooling and which liquid is to he poured from such pitchers or other vessels so as to prevent such liquids splashing on the table or other places where such liquidsmay be poured Vand to retain the ice in such pitchers or other vessels and yet not prevent the easy and. uninterrupted flow of such water or other liquids.

The further object of this invention is to construct a cheap, light, open, twisted or other pliable Wire mesh with openings sutIiciently large as not to prevent the easy and.

uninterrupted flow of the water or other liquids contained in the pitchers or other vessels and still to prevent the flow of `any pieces of ice sufficiently large to cause a splashing so as to wet or moisten in any degrec the table or other places where said water or other liquids may be poured.

For the purpose of illustrating the general idea of the invention, the invention will be described in detail, although it is understood that any modification and changes can be made in the details of constructions including the materials used without departing from. the spirit of the invention and the scope o-f the claims.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to *the following description and accompanying drawing in which,*

Figure 1 is a topi plan view of an ice retaining device lconstructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing it as applied to a pitch-er, the upper portion of the pitcher being indicated by dot and dash lines.

Figure 3 is a detail view illustrating an extension wire which can be used when the encircling wire is not long enough to rea-ch around the pitcher.

Figure 4 isa detail view of the adjustable and detachable connection between the ends of Vthe encircling wire.

The reference character A designates the upper portion of a pitcher which is proi vided with the usual pouring mouth B. rIlhe ice retainingg'device is formed of strands of suitable material, such as wire, and includes a strand D which is adapted to encircle the pitcher or other container at a point toward the upper end thereof. One end of the wire D terminates in a loop F, and the other end of the wire D is adapted to be inserted through the loop and bent to interlock with the same, as indicated in Figure 4, after the wire has heen drawn around the body of the pitcher.

An arched wire. E extends transversely across the top of the pitcher or container A and has the two ends thereof secured to the encircling wire D. An ice retaining mesh C connects the arched wire E and the encircling wire D' and extends around the pouring mouth B of the pitcher, so that it will retain pieces of ice or other solid pieces within the pitcher without interferring with the pouring of the liquid contents of the pitcher through the pouring spout B in t-he usual manner.

In applying the ice retainer to a pitcher the encircling wire D is drawn taut around the body portion of the pitcher, and in the event the wire should not be suiiiciently long for this purpose an extension wire I, such as that shown in Figure 8, can be utilized. The wire I has a hooked end that can be engaged with the loop F, and the eX- tension wire can then be connected to the other end of the encircling` wire in such a manner as to hold the encircling wire taut around the pitcher and keep the ice ret-ainm ing mesh C in proper position over the pouring spout of the pitcher.

Thus describing my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,--

l. An ice 'retainer for pitchers and like containers, including an encircling strand adapted to encircle the exterior of the pitcher, an arched strand extending transversely across the pitcher and having the ends thereof connected to the encircling strand, and an ice retaining mesh extending around the pouring mouth of the pitcher and connecting the arched strand and the encircling strand.

2. An ice retainer for pitchers and like containers, said retainer being formed of wire and including an encircling Wire adapted to he drawn taut around lthe exterior of the pitcher and having an Yadjustable connection between the ends of the Wire, an arched Wire extending transversely across the top of the pitcher and having the ends thereof connected to the encircling Wire, and a plurality of Wires connecting the encircling Wire' and the arched Wire and intersecing each other at an angle toV form an ice retaining mesh which extends over the pouring mouth of the pitcher.

An ice retainer for pitchers and like containers, includii'rg an encircling Wire adapted to extend around ythe exterior of the pitcher, a separate extension wire having a detachable interlocking connection with one end of the encircling Wire and adjustahly engaging theol-her end of Ythe encircling Wire to enable the encircling Wire to be drawn taut around the pitcher, an arched Wire extending across the top of the pitcher and connected to the encircling wire, and an ice retaining mesh connecting the arched Wire and the encircling wire and extending across the pouring mouth of the pitcher.

In Wit-ness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this 1st day of August, 1922.

JANNETTE MILLER. 

